Turkey, dams, and its neighbors

The World

Host Marco Werman speaks with geographer Aaron Wolf about Turkey’s massive dam-building project on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, as well as its efforts to address impacts both within the country and on its downstream neighbors, Syria and Iraq.

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